Guides

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Getting Started

You spawn on the coast with basic supplies. Prioritise water, a cutting tool and a route inland before the coast turns into a murder documentary.

• Use your starting map to orient immediately and commit to a direction.
• Loot houses, sheds and barns for knives, rope materials and food.
• Avoid overfighting on the coast; inland towns are safer and better stocked.
• Wells are your best early hydration stop before longer inland travel.
• Your first milestone is a safe trader visit with something worth selling.

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PvP & Combat

Current core settings enforce first-person aiming (`Use3rdPersonWhileAiming = false`). Every fight is a risk: death means losing what you carry.

• Zero your scope for range — default is 100m.
• Aim for centre mass; legs slow, chest kills.
• Use terrain and buildings for cover — first-person aiming cuts down peeking abuse.
• Movement penalties apply while injured, so treat wounds early before rotating.
• Bandit status starts below -500 reputation and can trigger trader guard hostility.
• Treat combat logging and exploit relogs as bannable admin-policy behavior.

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Trading & Economy

Currency is physical (coin/nugget/bar classes). There are 3 configured trader camps, and sell-back is set to 50% of buy price.

• No ATM banking is enabled in current market settings — currency is physical.
• Trader safe zones are active with a 100m radius around each trader camp.
• Stary Military Trader requires non-bandit reputation (`RequiredReputation = 0`).
• Hardline reputation: player kill -100, bandit kill +50, quest base reward +150, trade +5.
• Bandit threshold is -500 and hero threshold is +500.

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Base Building

Territory HQ building is enabled with a 50m radius and a 150-object cap. Raiding and lockpicking are both enabled in current settings.

• Building outside your territory is disabled.
• Building near traders is blocked within a 150m exclusion radius.
• Minimum distance between territory flags is 20m.
• Refresh frequency is every 3 days; decay is set to 45 days.
• Use layered defense anyway — config helps, but players still raid.

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Reputation Grind

Hardline reputation drives bandit/hero identity and trader behavior. Every player kill costs 100 reputation, and only some trader access is rep-gated.

• Kill players: -100 rep.
• Kill bears: +50 rep.
• Trade transactions: +5 rep each.
• Quest completion base reward: +150 rep (plus quest-specific rewards).
• Bandit below -500, Hero above +500; reputation persists through death in current settings.

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Vehicles & Transport

Ground vehicles spawn across Chernarus. Secure your vehicle ownership, conceal parked assets, and buy replacement parts at traders to keep moving.

• Create and protect vehicle keys as soon as you claim a car.
• Use concealment options when parking long-term to reduce discovery risk.
• Check engine, wheels, fuel and battery before driving far.
• Spare parts are sold at most trader zones.
• Vehicles are key-based (`VehicleKeyEnabled = true`) and can be hotwired at 25% chance, so park and secure smartly.

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Companion Dogs

Dogs are mobile utility companions that improve awareness, scouting and survival tempo when managed correctly.

• Treat your dog as an early warning system: slow down before compounds and let it help spot danger.
• Keep food and medical supplies ready so your companion stays useful on longer routes.
• Avoid charging loud hotspots with your dog if you cannot control the fight timing.
• Use dogs for short-range scouting, then reposition before hard engagements.
• If your run turns chaotic, prioritise safe extraction over forcing a fight with your companion exposed.

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Events & High-Risk Loot

Airdrops, care packages, loot chests and contaminated zones pull players from all over the map. Go prepared or go home lighter.

• Expect third parties at airdrops — patience often beats first contact.
• NBC gear is mandatory for contaminated zone runs.
• Carry spare meds and extra stamina food before event pushes.
• Treat every event like a broadcast of your location to the rest of the server.
• Leave with enough inventory space to actually profit from the risk.

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Crafting & Utility

The server’s crafting systems reward players who improvise. A rope, splint or suppressor at the right time is sometimes worth more than a rifle.

• Turn common junk into field tools instead of waiting for perfect loot.
• Keep rags, sticks, bones and duct tape — they are utility gold.
• Crafting is strongest when it saves a trip back to town.
• Medical and fishing recipes stretch bad loot runs into survivable ones.
• Check the recipes page before you bin “useless” materials.